400 Ducrosa

Ducrosa (minor planet designation: 400 Ducrosa) is a typical Main belt asteroid.

400 Ducrosa
A three-dimensional model of 400 Ducrosa based on its light curve.
Discovery
Discovered byAuguste Charlois
Discovery date15 March 1895
Designations
(400) Ducrosa
1895 BU
Main belt
Orbital characteristics[1]
Epoch 31 July 2016 (JD 2457600.5)
Uncertainty parameter 0
Observation arc121.08 yr (44225 d)
Aphelion3.49063 AU (522.191 Gm)
Perihelion2.76117 AU (413.065 Gm)
3.12590 AU (467.628 Gm)
Eccentricity0.11668
5.53 yr (2018.6 d)
16.84 km/s
294.184°
 10m 42.013s / day
Inclination10.5354°
327.145°
238.468°
Earth MOID1.7762 AU (265.72 Gm)
Jupiter MOID1.59886 AU (239.186 Gm)
TJupiter3.178
Physical characteristics
Dimensions33.66±1.6 km
6.87 h (0.286 d)[1]
6.87 ± 0.01 hours[2]
0.1423±0.014
10.5

    It was discovered by Auguste Charlois on 15 March 1895 in Nice.

    Photometric measurements of the asteroid made in 2005 at the Palmer Divide Observatory showed a light curve with a period of 6.87 ± 0.01 hours and a brightness variation of 0.62 ± 0.02 in magnitude.[2]

    References

    1. "400 Ducrosa (1895 BU)". JPL Small-Body Database. NASA/Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Retrieved 10 May 2016.
    2. Warner, Brian D. (2005), "Asteroid lightcurve analysis at the Palmer Divide Observatory - winter 2004-2005", The Minor Planet Bulletin, 32 (3), pp. 54–58, Bibcode:2005MPBu...32...54W.


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